These
activities help increase the access of lower income households to
housing and business development resources through the provision
of information and other non-monetary resources, or increase the
capacity of community groups to improve such services. They
include activities to provide housing counseling and to improve the
skills and credibility of low-income renters to strengthen their search and
negotiation skills as part of the City's overall Fair Housing strategies. These activities
address Objective N in the Five-Year Plan and generally assist
households with very low incomes in the under 30% of median
range.

Funds
will be targeted to the operating costs of activities which
provide information or other non-monetary resources to low and
moderate income persons, such as housing counseling, training, or mediation.

The 2005 target goals
are to co-sponsor (with other units of the
Department) one Citywide conference of neighborhood associations,
and publish one compendium of neighborhood association self-help
activities and resources. Benchmark measures include the
existence of viable neighborhood associations in every area of
the City and progress toward the City's fair share goals.

For
information on how to submit a proposal in this category, click here.

Preferences

The Commission
will give preference to activities that equip individuals with the skills
needed to improve housing tenure.

The
Commission will give preferences to activities which either address broader
housing opportunities for people of all races and other protected classes, fair
housing goals, or activities which support the expansion of
affordable housing opportunities throughout the
community.